Skids - Boy, Man & Soldier: Skids 1978-1981 (2025)

With their breakthrough hit ‘Into The Valley’ in 1979, Dunfermline, Scotland’s premier export Skids quickly rose to become one of the most respected and popular bands to emerge from the UK punk and new wave era. Founding members Richard Jobson (vocals) and Stuart Adamson (guitars) were a dynamic combination up front (Adamson went on to even greater commercial success when he later founded Big Country) while the band’s tight, taut sound was grounded by the William Simpson on bass and first Tom Kellichan and later Mike Baillie on drums.

Tracklist
Scared To Dance
1-1 Into The Valley
1-2 Scared To Dance
1-3 Of One Skin
1-4 Dossier (Of Fallibility)
1-5 Melancholy Soldiers
1-6 Hope And Glory
1-7 The Saints Are Coming
1-8 Six Times
1-9 Calling The Tune
1-10 Integral Plot
1-11 Charles (Re-Recorded Version)
1-12 Scale
Bonus Tracks
1-13 Charles (Original 1978 Version)
1-14 Reasons
1-15 Test Tube Babies
1-16 Sweet Suburbia
1-17 Open Sound
1-18 Night And Day
1-19 Contusion
1-20 TV Stars (Live At The Marquee Club)
Days In Europa (1979 Mix)
2-1 Animation
2-2 Charade
2-3 Dulce Et Decorum Est (Pro Patria Mori)
2-4 Pros And Cons
2-5 Home Of The Saved
2-6 Working For The Yankee Dollar
2-7 The Olympian
2-8 Thanatos
2-9 A Day In Europa
2-10 Peaceful Times
Bonus Tracks
2-11 Marquerade
2-12 Out Of Town
2-13 Another Emotion
2-14 Aftermath Dub
2-15 Grey Parade
Days In Europa (1980 Mix)
3-1 Animation (Remix)
3-2 Charade (Remix)
3-3 Dulce Et Decorum Est (Pro Patria Mori)(Remix)
3-4 The Olympian (Remix)
3-5 Home Of The Saved (Remix)
3-6 Working For The Yankee Dollar (Remix)
3-7 Thanatos (Remix)
3-8 Masquerade (Remix)
3-9 A Day In Europa (Remix)
3-10 Peaceful Times (Remix)
Bonus Tracks
3-11 Vanguards Crusade
3-12 Working For The Yankee Dollar (Live From The Hammersmith Odeon)
3-13 Monkey Mcguire Meets Speccy Potter Behind Lochore Institute
The Absolute Game
4-1 Circus Games
4-2 Out Of Town
4-3 Goodbye Civilian
4-4 The Children Saw The Shame
4-5 Woman In Winter
4-6 Hurry On Boys
4-7 Happy To Be With You
4-8 The Devils Decade
4-9 One Decree
4-10 Arena
Bonus Tracks
4-11 Goodbye Civilian (Single Version)
4-12 A Woman In Winter (Single Version)
Strength Through Joy
4-13 An Incident In Algiers
4-14 Grievance
4-15 Strength Through Joy
4-16 Filming Africa
4-17 A Man For All Seasons
4-18 Snakes And Ladders
4-19 Surgical Triumph
4-20 The Bell Jar
Joy
5-1 Blood And Soil
5-2 A Challenge (The Wanderer)
5-3 Men Of Mercy
5-4 A Memory
5-5 Iona
5-6 In Fear Of Fire
5-7 Brothers
5-8 And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
5-9 The Men Of The Fall
5-10 The Sound Of Retreat
5-11 Fields
Bonus Tracks
5-12 Iona (7" Mix)
5-13 Blood And Soil (7" Mix)
5-14 Brave Man (7" Mix)
5-15 Fields (7" Mix)
5-16 Brave Man (12" Mix)